Manuscripts

Descriptive SummaryRepository: Gallaudet University Archives Call No.: MSS 128Creator: Title: Papers of Irving S. Fusfeld, 1920-1989Quantity: 0.5 Linear Feet (1 document boxes) Abstract: Note: This document last updated 2005 December 6.Administrative Information Acquisition Information:Processed by: Ulf Nilsson. 2001 March 30. Processing Note: Conditions on Use and Access: This collection is open to the public with no restrictions. Photocopies may be made for scholarly research.

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Became a member of the college staff, and became an instructor until he eventually achieved the rank of professor in psychology and in education

1917-1918

Assistant editor of the American Annals of the Deaf.

1920-1943

Editor of the American Annals of the Deaf for 23 years.

1924-1925

Field investigator in a nation-wide survey of schools for the Deaf. Co-authored (with Dr. Rudolph Pintner) the Survey of American Schools for the Deaf.

1938

Appointed as the first director of the Gallaudet College Research Department.

1939

Appointed as the first dean of the Gallaudet College.

1946

Received an honorary doctorate from Gallaudet College.

1953

Appointed as Vice-President of Gallaudet College.

1955

Became a member of the White House Conference on Education.

1956

Selected "Man of the Year" by the Alpha Sigma Pi Fraternity, Gallaudet College Chapter.

1960

Served for several years as staff psychologist at the California School for the deaf in Berkeley.

1974

Vice-President Emeritus, conferred From Gallaudet College.

1977

Died on March 8 at his home in Ann Arbor, Michigan.

Scope and Content

The Irving Fusfeld Collection consists of correspondence, articles and term papers. The bulk of this collection consists of approximately 160 pages, dating from 1922 to 1944. Dr. Fusfeld was a professor of psychology and education at Gallaudet College, and editor of the American Annals of the Deaf for 23 years from 1920 to 1943. The bulk of collection consists of articles related to the American Annals of the Deaf, booklets, programs, newspaper clippings, a survey to schools for the deaf and term papers written by his students.